#BB5F49#BB5F49

#BB5F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.124 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F49
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 35.08, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 45.81, 40.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1019 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.124 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7904, 19.2332, 8.6562)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F49 #49A5BB

analogous

#BB496C #BB5F49 #BB9849

triadic

#BB5F49 #49BB5F #5F49BB

tetradic

#BB5F49 #6CBB49 #49A5BB #9849BB

square

#BB5F49 #6CBB49 #49A5BB #9849BB

split-complementary

#BB5F49 #49BB98 #496CBB

monochromatic

#643225 #914836 #BB5F49 #CC8676 #DCADA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BB5F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BB5F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F49

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F49	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.124 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e7c',
    500: '#bb5f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f49;
$custom-light: #d48e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59049,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F49

secondary

#97BFC9

accent

#BCD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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